‘The Game Awards’ round-up: catch all the best bits

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The Game Awards

Geoff Keighley has been touting this year's The Game Awards as the gaming industry's answer to the Oscars. Now that the ceremony has concluded, we can safely say that he delivered. It had all the hallmarks of a lavish awards show: Live orchestra (check), fervent spiels (check), Hollywood a-listers (check). And, there was the return of the hotly-anticipated game reveals that -- in part -- helped nab 8.6 million viewers last time round. If you didn't catch the action online, we've got your back. Below you'll find a list of the night's winners and the game trailers that went out live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. As always, there were touching moments too, like a noticeably awestruck Melina Juergens getting the Best Performance award for Hellblade from Andy Serkis.

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Highlights this year included Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro's ongoing bromance (which came with a side-helping of Death Stranding) -- the game's star Norman Reedus was also on hand to help out. The ceremony's most WTF moment came from Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons dev Josef Fares, whose expletive-filled intro for his next project A Way Outincluded a middle-finger to the Oscars and props to current enemy number one EA (the game's publisher).

Nintendo was the big winner on the night, courtesy of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's game of the year win, for which it beat out Persona 5, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Mario Odyssey, and Steam record-breakerPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The gaming giant also bagged an additional four gongs, bringing its final tally to five.

Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Game Direction - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Narrative - What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Art Direction - Cuphead

Best Score / Music - NieR: Automata

Best Audio Design - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Best Performance - Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)

Games for Impact - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Best Ongoing Game - Overwatch

Best Independent Game - Cuphead

Best Mobile Game - Monument Valley 2

Best Handheld Game - Metroid: Samus Returns

Best VR/AR Game - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Best Action Game - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Best Action/Adventure Game - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Role-Playing Game - Persona 5

Best Fighting Game - Injustice 2

Best Family Game - Super Mario Odyssey

Best Strategy Game - Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Best Sports/Racing Game - Forza Motorsport 7

Most Anticipated Game - The Last of Us Part II

Trending Gamer - Guy Beahm ("Dr. Disrespect")

Best eSports Game - Overwatch

Best eSports Player - Lee Sang-hyeok "Faker" (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)

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